http://www.blackpresence.co.uk Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:12:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/10/hispanics-of-african-ancestry-facts/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/10/hispanics-of-african-ancestry-facts/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:05:00 +0000 admin http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=1142 Examiner.com 1492-1493- A black navigator, Pedro Alonso Nino, travels with Christopher Columbus 1494- The first Africans arrive in Hispaniola (current day Haiti – Dominican Republic) with Christopher Columbus. They are free persons. 1501- The Spanish king allows the introduction of enslaved African into Spain 1511-The first enslaved Africans arrive in Hispaniola. 1513-Thirty African accompany Vasco Nunez de Balboa on his [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/10/hispanics-of-african-ancestry-facts/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/09/early-black-footballers-arthur-wharton/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/09/early-black-footballers-arthur-wharton/#comments Sun, 20 Sep 2009 19:49:16 +0000 admin http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=1028 Arthur Wharton was the world’s first Black Professional Footballer.Arthur was born to parents who were both mixed race. His father was half Grenadian and half Scottish, and [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/09/early-black-footballers-arthur-wharton/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/09/the-only-black-man-on-the-titanic/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/09/the-only-black-man-on-the-titanic/#comments Fri, 11 Sep 2009 08:16:26 +0000 admin http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=942 There was a Haitian man on the Titanic There was a Haitian man on the ship! His uncle was President of Haiti! Joseph Phillippe Lemercier Laroche was the only black man, a Haitian man, to perish in the Titanic; that’s after he saved his wife and kids. Laroche was born in Cap Haitian, Haiti , on May 26, [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/09/the-only-black-man-on-the-titanic/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/05/music-new-markets-african-and-caribbean-biodiversity/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/05/music-new-markets-african-and-caribbean-biodiversity/#comments Mon, 04 May 2009 20:40:03 +0000 alexbbake http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=427 I’m browsing the shelves of my office bookshelf. This is, in fact, the philosophy section at the local library, but i’m sure that many of the web community out there will be familiar with this analogy. I’m also very excited at the impending Summer launch of the BBake entertainment service. BBake at www.bbake.com will allow you to [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/05/music-new-markets-african-and-caribbean-biodiversity/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/04/sickle-cell-and-deaths-in-custody-conference-2/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/04/sickle-cell-and-deaths-in-custody-conference-2/#comments Wed, 29 Apr 2009 09:47:03 +0000 admin http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=853 Registration closes 18 May 2009 - Book now to avoid disappointment! The Unit for the Social Study of Thalassaemia and Sickle Cell (TASC Unit) at De Montfort University, Leicester is pleased to present this exclusive one-day conference. The conference examines Sickle Cell Disorders, healthcare neglect in prisons, racism in the criminal justice system and the introduction of [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/04/sickle-cell-and-deaths-in-custody-conference-2/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/guyana-body-of-former-president-to-be-cremated/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/guyana-body-of-former-president-to-be-cremated/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:11:16 +0000 admin http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=659 GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The body of former President Janet Jagan is to be cremated immediately following her state funeral here on Tuesday. Jagan died early Saturday morning at the Georgetown Hospital. She was 88 years old. On Tuesday, the funeral procession will depart her Georgetown residence at 8:00 am and will stop directly in front of the [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/guyana-body-of-former-president-to-be-cremated/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/black-screen-britain/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/black-screen-britain/#comments Sat, 28 Mar 2009 18:29:42 +0000 admin http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=634 Tuesday 11.30am March 31st & April 7th 2009   BBC Radio 4 and on BBC i-player for 7 days after broadcast Programme 1: Less than 50 years ago a passionate bedroom kiss between a white man and a black woman in a popular television soap opera was the stuff of tabloid headlines. So risqué that, in fact, [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/black-screen-britain/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/post-poll-antiguan-uncertainty/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/post-poll-antiguan-uncertainty/#comments Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:12:50 +0000 admin http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=617 UNCERTAINTY hangs over the future of Antigua and Barbuda’s second-term government of Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer last week with the filing of four election petitions Thursday (March 19) by the opposition Antigua Labour Party (ALP) in the High Court. RICKEY SINGH The challenging of the declared results involve three of the nine seats won by the incumbent [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/post-poll-antiguan-uncertainty/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/guyana-glory-for-windies/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/guyana-glory-for-windies/#comments Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:16:45 +0000 admin http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=606 Second One Day International-Guyana West Indies 264-8 Innings Complete (S Chanderpaul 112 no, R R Sarwan 74) v England 243 (A J Strauss 105) West Indies beat England by 21 runs   Local hero Shivnarine Chanderpaul led from the front as West Indies bounced back from their farcical defeat in the opening one-day international with a 21-run victory over [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/guyana-glory-for-windies/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/a-white-cuban-woman-facing-the-mirror/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/a-white-cuban-woman-facing-the-mirror/#comments Fri, 20 Mar 2009 23:46:37 +0000 admin http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=583 I don’t remember ever having asked myself what race I belonged to. I was born advantaged in a society that discriminated against non-whites. So, am I white? The answer isn’t so simple. On my identity card, it says my skin color is white. So, am I white? Let’s have a look at my genealogical tree; since [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/a-white-cuban-woman-facing-the-mirror/feed/ 0